Monday, January 01, 2007

News from all over - Loveland

Call it a winter sale. Jim and Mary Walker are selling snow on eBay. Starting bids were holding steady Friday at 99 cents for samples from "Blizzard I and Blizzard II." The Walkers got the idea for selling snow after shoveling mounds from two storms a week apart that together dumped more than 4 feet along Colorado's Front Range.

How much snow 99 cents or whatever the winning bid gets depends. Walker's auction notice suggests avoiding shipping and handling charges by stopping by their home and picking it up - in a dump truck. Only 10 offerings of snow are available and the proceeds are earmarked for a used snowblower for Jim or a pair of shovels.